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No Trump bump: MSNBC hemorrhaging viewers since Election Day, sheds more than half of primetime audience
Fox News ^ | November 12, 2024 | Brian Flood

Posted on 11/12/2024 8:07:48 AM PST by Navy Patriot

MSNBC’s reliably liberal audience has tuned out the anti-Trump network since Election Day with a staggering 54% drop in primetime viewership.

MSNBC averaged 1.1 million viewers during the month of October but plummeted to an average audience of 736,000 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week following President-elect Donald Trump’s historic landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. MSNBC’s remarkable 31% drop comes as Fox News Channel’s viewership grew by 61% over the same time period.

MSNBC also shed 26% of its year-to-date totals, but things got even worse in primetime.

During the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m. ET, MSNBC averaged 1.8 million total viewers in October but viewership of "Alex Wagner Tonight," "All in with Chris Hayes" and "The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell" have averaged only 808,000 total viewers since election night. The 54% drop represents more than half of the network’s primetime viewers, and MSNBC is also down 51% from its year-to-date totals while Fox News is up 58% in primetime compared to 2024 averages.

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Thought I'd start the day with a little Good News for FReepers!
1 posted on 11/12/2024 8:07:48 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Joy Reid’s brain is a mix of sawdust and racism.


2 posted on 11/12/2024 8:10:05 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
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To: Navy Patriot

People can only take tantrum-throwing crybabies for so long.


3 posted on 11/12/2024 8:10:17 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We're taking our country back! You RATS can keep your "Democrazy" and take it when you go.)
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To: Navy Patriot

truly a SHAME

https://seinfeldmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/6tW.gif


4 posted on 11/12/2024 8:11:14 AM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: Navy Patriot

They lied to them, so now they are leaving. The lies are great id they produce results, but when they don’t, they get the blame.


5 posted on 11/12/2024 8:11:15 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Lying is bad enough.

But making predictions that prove to be wrong within a few days is toxic.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-election-predictions-polls-rcna177607

The local fortune-teller in a dilapidated shack has a better batting average than these clowns.


6 posted on 11/12/2024 8:13:55 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Maybe they will disappear.


7 posted on 11/12/2024 8:15:12 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Navy Patriot

Lying to the Right is commendable for them. Lying to the Left - boycott.


8 posted on 11/12/2024 8:15:13 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Navy Patriot

Wait til they hear he’s appointed Kristi Noem to run DHS!


9 posted on 11/12/2024 8:15:47 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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On MSNBC’s high ratings on election night:

"While MSNBC thought they may have struck gold with the election night ratings, they should have realized by now that Americans only tuned in so they could see the meltdowns, not that they viewed it as consistently and intellectually stimulating television," Houck told Fox News Digital.

Lol. I did. I had three tvs going with each cable network at my watch party. I told my guests that the MSNBC tv would not be unmuted until after the race was basically called.
10 posted on 11/12/2024 8:17:57 AM PST by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: Navy Patriot

I would imagine that all of the major cable “news” (politics) networks will see a drop in ratings.

CNN and MSNBC will try to expose the “resistance” stratagem though. IE: 4 years of orange-man-bad.

That’s not exclusive to the left. I suspect Limbaugh was at his peak when democrats were in power.


11 posted on 11/12/2024 8:18:25 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Navy Patriot

My daily dose of sarcasm for y’all.

Fox News viewers are uneducated people

… I mean you have to be pretty uneducated to think men cannot have babies. Where do they get this nonsense anyway? Is it because they all ingest Fox News without questioning reality? Everyone can see that CNN and MSNBC are the true sources of news for the educated. I remember when CNN and MSNBC were reporting on how bad Kamala Harris was as VP and trying to figure out how to oust her off the ticket to help Biden win another term but then all of the sudden Joe Biden got dementia, overnight, and decided (on his own) to withdraw from seeking reelection. Fortunately for the highly educated viewers, they recognized CNN and MSNBC’s misrepresentation of Kamala and came to realize that her faults and historically low approval ratings were not accurate and most likely Russian disinformation. They knew all along that she is in fact the best choice to lead our nation which is evidenced by her remarkable platform and leadership which is growing her support to record approval ratings. They have come to realize that her promises of opportunity will help them turn the page on the past 4 years of dismal performance by current leadership which is odd since it’s her and Biden in theory. That’s OK though, the educated can look beyond that fact and believe her promises and can’t wait to instill her new policies; too bad she doesn’t just do them right now that would really show those idiots at Fox and all the uneducated viewers.


12 posted on 11/12/2024 8:18:26 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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an average audience of 736,000

So 14,000 viewers per state - pretty weak for a once major news source.

13 posted on 11/12/2024 8:18:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: rdl6989

They have no influence. They are not the news. The are propaganda arm for the Democrat Party. Get political ad money for payback.


14 posted on 11/12/2024 8:19:42 AM PST by FreedBird (n)
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To: mmichaels1970

MSNBC is the network people watch while pointing and laughing at them...


15 posted on 11/12/2024 8:22:11 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Buy it Elon!


16 posted on 11/12/2024 8:24:45 AM PST by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
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To: Navy Patriot

There isn’t much to report. Jill is packing their stuff, Joe is looking out the window, and the Trump team is running at full steam, preparing to get things done on Day One.

Once Trump is in the House, there will be news. Swimming pools of Marxist tears beginning Jan. 22.


17 posted on 11/12/2024 8:28:41 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: Navy Patriot

Go woke...go broke


18 posted on 11/12/2024 8:37:01 AM PST by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Navy Patriot

Joe Scarbo didn’t do Morning Joke any favors.


19 posted on 11/12/2024 8:37:26 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: cgbg
As it turned out Trump got more support from Blacks, Hispanics, Jewish, & adding a cherry on top, the Amish came out in full force, than a Republican candidate normal received. So, the joke was on MSNBC.

The joke wasn't about the people. Puerto Rico actually has a major trash problem.

Apparently that comedian was on Joe Rogan, and Rogan advised him that perhaps he should noy include that joke, which I actually agree with Rogan. It really wasn't the ramifications it might have caused. Though in fact, it may have actually cost Trump some of the support for him. Had I vetted him, I would have demanded he take it out of his routine. Only because there is no reason to provide fodder to a press that will take it & run with it. Who needs it, especially since most people probably do not know about the trash problem that Puerto Rico has, so they will not fully comprehend what the basis for the joke is predicated upon.

20 posted on 11/12/2024 8:38:56 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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